Where Bias Begins in Healthcare AI

In this episode of For the Better, host Ben Cash, CEO of Reason One, speaks with Chris Hemphill, now Director of Modular Feedback and a Fellow at the NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research.

At the time of recording, Chris was serving as Senior Director of Commercial Intelligence at Woebot Health.

Chris shares how bias in healthcare AI doesn’t start in code—it starts in culture. They explain how healthcare marketers, IT teams, and clinical leaders can challenge those patterns by asking better questions, bringing the right people into the room, and refusing to develop in a vacuum.

They also speak candidly about their own experiences navigating health tech as a Black professional—and why trust, transparency, and cultural humility are key to building ethical AI.